Pilling for mattresses



F. MAUSSNER.

FILLING FOR MATTRESSES. APPLICATION FILED MAYZI, 1920.

1,400,302; Patented Deni 13, 19210 iNVENTOR Frederick Maussner ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT: o F cE.

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FILLING ron m'r'rREssEs.

' Application filed May 27,

t To all whom it may concern.

, fibrous material.

ments in Fillings forMattresses, ofwhich thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in mattresses and particularly relates to a filling for .mattreses formed of interlaced .The object of this invention is to form a mattress which will retain its shape and uniformity of thickness. This object I accomplish by forming the mattress of two or been constructed by placing the layers more layers of material, each layer being securely held against any disarrangement of the material composing said layers, by first interlacing the loose fibrous material upon a sheet of woven fabric, such as burlalp, thereby forming .a comparatively thin bulk of the fibrous material which can be effectivelyheld upon'the sheet of. fabric, so that it will not slip out of place or become tufted. Then by placing two or more of the said layers ofmaterial thus formed, one on top of the other, a filling is formed which may be readily inserted into a ticking or casing to complete the mattress. V

Hertofore fillings for mattresses have loosely one on top of the other andsecuring the entire bulk together by stitching or interlacing. This construction, depending entirely upon the stitching fonholding the material together, has the disadvantage of allowing the material to become tufted or a larger scale, showing one layer of fibrous material interlaced upon a. sheet of fabric;

Fig. 3, is a vertical section of a portion of the filling shown in Fig. 1; and Fig. 4, is

a vertica section of a' filling for mattresses comprising several layers of fibrous material secured on fabric and the bulk secured to gether by interlacing.

In the accompanving drawlngs, 1n WhlCh like reference characters refer to like parts,

Specification of Letters Patent.

- The comprises two or more layers of fibrous ma- I Patented Dec. 13, 1921. 1920, Serial No. 384,561.

terial 4 such as curled hair or moss, which is secured upon a sheet of woven fabric 5, such as burlap. The fibrous material 4 is secured to the burlap 5, .as shown in Fig. 2, by the well known-method of interlacing,

. consisting of forcing, or pulling the fibrous material through the burlap by barbed needles, so that the fibrous material is securely fastened upon the burlap and will retain its formation and uniform thickness.

The filling for mattresses, constructed in I accordance with my invention, consists of two or more layers, 6 and 7, of the fibrous material, first secured on the burlap 5, and laid, one layer, on top of the other, preferably with the sheets of fabric 5," adjacent to each other, and said layers secured together by stitching or tying with thread, as shown at 8, in Figs. 1 and 3, or by interlacin the fibrous material through the entire bul as shown at 9, in Fig. 4.

The layers of material 6 and 7, when formed,as shown in Fig. 2, with the fibrous material projecting through the'burlap will present an uneven surface, so that two layers laid together with the sheets of burlap adjacent to each otherywill adhere together sufliciently to retain the shape ofthe mat-" tress, when incased in the ticking 2. Therefore, in thin or light weight mattresses, it is not essential that the layers be secured together by stitching or interlacing as above described; but in thick, heavy mattresses'especially when formed of more than two layers, as shown in-Fig. 4, it is desirable to seterial from shifting out of its proper position. Said layers may be secured together with cement, or; glue, or by the use of any suitable adhesive material, without departin from my invention.

aving thus described my invention, I

claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A filling for mattresses comprising layers of filling material, a sheet of fabric se cured to each of said layers of material and means for securing the layers of filling material and said sheets of fabric'together to form a bulk of material of sufficient thicklacing the fibrous material of one of the said ness to'form a filling for a mattress. layers through the fabric and into another 2. A filling for mattresses comprising layone of the layers to form a bulk of material 10 ers of fibrous material, a sheet of fabric seof sufiicient thickness to form a. filling for a 5 cured to each layer of the fibrous material mattress; v

and said layers of fibrous material and said In testimon whereof I affix my-signature. sheets of fabrio secured together by inter- F EDERICK MAUSSNER. 

